# कौमोदकी (kaumodakī)

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कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) is a Sanskrit word meaning the club of Vishnu or Krishna, the club or mace of Vishnu or Krishna, the club or mace of Krishna, krishna's mace, name of the mace of Vishnu. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Kaumodakī: The Divine Mace (General Identification and Etymology), Kaumodakī: Mythological Significance, Origin, and Narrative Context.

- **Etymology:** E. कुमुदक what gives the earth pleasure, here said to be VIṢṆU or KṚṢṆA, affixes अण् and ङीष्; also कौमुदी — E. kumudaka what gives the earth pleasure, here said to be VIṢṆU or KṚṢṆA, affixes aṇ and ṅīṣ; also kaumudī
- **SLP1:** `kOmodakI`  **IAST:** kaumodakī  **Devanagari:** कौमोदकी
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaumodaki
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/kaumodaki/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** कौमोदकि (kaumodaki)

## Meanings by context

### Kaumodakī: The Divine Mace (General Identification and Etymology) (6 definitions)
- the club of Vishnu or Krishna  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 075-3 ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) kaumodakī, f. N. of Viṣṇuʼs or Kṛṣṇaʼs club. [ ID=6390 ]
- The club or mace of Krishna  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 254 ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) f. ( - की (-kī) ) The club or mace of KṚṢṆA. E. कुमुदक (kumudaka) what gives the earth pleasure, here said to be VIṢṆU or KṚṢṆA, affixes अण् (aṇ) and ङीष् (ṅīṣ); also कौमुदी (kaumudī). [ ID=11866 ]
- Krishna's mace  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 218-a ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) ( की ) ((kī)) 1. m. Krishna's mace. [ ID=11318 ]
- Name of the mace of Vishnu  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 212-20 ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) f. Name of the mace of Vishṇu. [ ID=10569 ]
- The club or mace of Krishna.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 209-a ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) f. ( - की (-kī) ) The club or mace of KṚṢṆA. E. कुमुदक (kumudaka) what gives the earth pleasure, here said to be VISHNU or KṚṢṆA, affixes अण् (aṇ) and ङीष्; (ṅīṣ;) also कौमुदी (kaumudī). [ ID=11860 ]
- The club of Vishnu or Krishna  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 0223-b ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) kaumodakī, i. e. ku-mo- daka + ī, f. The club of Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, MBh. 1, 8200. [ ID=3879 ]

### Kaumodakī: Mythological Significance, Origin, and Narrative Context (3 definitions)
- the club of Vishnu or Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 316,3] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) f. ( fr. कु - मोदक (ku-modaka) ?), N. of the club of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (given to him by Varuṇa), Mahābhārata (Title) i, 8200; Hariv.; BhP. &c. [ ID=57262 ]
- The club or mace of Vishnu or Krishna  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 0258-a ] कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) kaumodakī, f. (fr. kumodaka ), N. of the club or mace of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, given to him by Varuṇa. [ ID=16026 ]
- the mace of Vishnu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > कौमोदकी (kaumodakī) [Printed book page 1-471 ] Kaumodakī — the bludgeon of Viṣṇu reached Kṛṣṇa on the occasion of the siege of Mathurā. Bhā. VIII. 4. 19; 20. 31; X. 50. 11. [13]; Vi. V. 22. 6. [ ID=3690 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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